The comedian, long beloved for his apolitical riffs, has been wrestling with what it means to be Jewish amid the Israel-Hamas war. Not everyone is pleased.
Category: Comedy and Humor
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‘The Feeling’ Review: Fifty Shades of Apathy
In the sex comedy “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,” Joanna Arnow keeps her scenes short and her expressions flat.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘The One-Liners Kept Coming’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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How the O.J. Simpson Trial Changed What Comics Could Roast
Norm Macdonald and Jay Leno made the double homicides such a constant topic that refraining from jokes the way David Letterman did was noticeable.
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Theda Hammel’s Road to a Directorial Debut With ‘Stress Positions’
Theda Hammel wasn’t always sure her varied résumé would include “Stress Positions,” her directorial debut.
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Larry David’s Unsung Fashion Criticism on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” creator and star has been commenting on the human condition through people’s sartorial choices for decades.
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‘Free Time’ Review: Take This Job and Shove It. (Now What?)
Colin Burgess carries this comedy by Ryan Martin Brown about a 20-something who quits his job and finds that life without work isn’t all that thrilling.
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Ramy Youssef on His New Special, ‘More Feelings,’ and the Push to Represent
The very busy comic has a special and an “S.N.L.” hosting gig on the books. He and his friends kid, “We make TV like immigrants. We’re always working.”
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Wanted: Writers for Awards Show Jokes. Must Be Skilled at Diplomacy
Hosts who have to entertain insiders at the ceremony and outsiders watching at home. Presenters who change their minds. No wonder the bits are awkward.